Here are the major headlines for Friday, October 06, 2017

Tribune

• Over $60bn invested in Nigeria’s ICT sector —Shittu
• Ogun debt profile N103bn not N410bn —Amosun
• Court remands ex-Edo SUBEB chairman, 4 others over N1.5 billion scam
• NUT laments loss of member to Boko Haram insurgents
• 20 indigent students to benefit from Ooni’s N50m scholarship scheme
• 2 PDP House of Reps members defect to APC
• Opposition bigwigs will join APC in carnival-like manner, Ajimobi says
• Edo offsets N430 million LG pension arrears in two months
• Speaker of the House, Hon Yakubu Dogara
• Dogara hails sacrifices of Nigerian teachers
• Reps ask FG to review Nigeria’s membership of ECOWAS
• Sukuk: Borrowing for development without fear of interests
• Adeosun hands N100bn Sukuk proceeds to Fasola for 25 road projects
• Mutilated naira note: Reps ask CBN not to surcharge commercial banks
• Monkey pox: FG place facilities on high alert in Bayelsa
• Adeosun hands N100bn Sukuk proceeds to Fasola for 25 road projects
• Bankers’ committee to blacklist exporters for non-repatriation of dollar earnings
• Investors’ education: ‎SEC joins IOSCO to celebrate World Investors Week
• NNPC GMD reopens Ibadan depot for operations
• Walking promotes longevity —Expert
• Large number of impotent men suffering silently in Nigeria —Study
• Oyo still ranks high on FGM
• Hussaini, cancer researcher for Pharmacy Academy’s investiture
• British writer, Kazuo Ishiguro, wins 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
• Banking stocks gains rebounds market by 0.15%
• Yahoo’s 3 billion accounts hacked, data theft
• Trump Heads to Las Vegas as Mass Shooting Probe Continues
• Police nab another 11 suspected cattle rustler‎s/kiddnappers/robbers along Kaduna-Abuja Highways
• Gunmen abduct legendary Edo musician Osayomore, shoot wife
• ‘Agriculture, gold mine for youths’
• 200 benefit from MUSWEN’s free cervical cancer screening in Ibadan
• ‘Credible Muslims need to participate actOndo police parade another suspected Boko Haram member
• How textile industry collapsed in Northern Nigeria
• Middle Belt will slug it out with far North in 2019 —Hon Kaze
• 458 hectares of rice farmland submerged in Kwara State
• The slide in filmmaking on the Plateau
• Peter’s intention to terminate contract with Psquare ’s dominates Google searches
• Going into business was my greatest decision —DBanj
• Tiwa Savage reacts to making BBC 100 women list
• Basketmouth Acapella, Gordons, others storm Port Harcourt for Glo Laffta Fest

(www.tribuneonlineng.co)

Punch

• World Cup 2018: List of teams that have qualified so far
• Greater international cooperation key to defeating Boko Haram – Military commanders
• BREAKING: Andres Iniesta renews Barcelona contract
• Nnamdi Kanu has no means of livelihood, says army
• Eight nabbed for prostitution in Kano
• Nigeria spends $400m annually on pesticides – NSPRI
• Police to investigate attempted suicide by poly student
• Apapa gridlock: Export business may collapse, operators cry out
• China Open: Nadal sets up Dimitrov semi-final showdown
• Fixing power sector once and for all
• NNPC recorded $471.9m export receipts in July
• How to remove holds on your bank account
• BREAKING: Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 0-magnitude quake hits off Japan coast, no tsunami warning
• Five killed as military chopper crashes
• Kachikwu/Baru feud: PDP, SERAP call for suspension of Baru, Buhari meets minister today
• EFCC has frozen my late mother’s accounts, says Patience
• FG releases N100bn to contractors for Ibadan-Ilorin road, 24 others
• Reporter dies of heart failure after 159 hrs overtime in one month
• Police invite Davido, others over Tagbo’s controversial death
• Broke Lagos factory worker invites gang to rob boss
• Gunmen kill UNIBEN professor
• Two most wanted cult leaders killed in Imo
• Command arraigns teenager, others for stealing IBEDC cables
• Niger secretariat in blackout as hoodlums steal cable
• Al-Makura’s wife pays fines, secures 70 prisoners’ releas
• APC, PDP are expired parties –Okupe
• INEC releases timetable for Ekiti, Osun elections
• Protests as two Reps dump PDP, join APC
• Zoning: S’West PDP wants pact on national chair respected
• Rivers, APC clash over pro-SARS rally
• PFN backs restructuring, calls for equity, justice
• INEC to deploy 6,200 card readers for Anambra poll
• Appoint credible petroleum minister, Sani Shehu tells Buhari
• ICYMI: I’m working against Obiano for gov’s poor performance –Obi
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• Nigeria spends $400m annually on pesticides – NSPRI
• Apapa gridlock: Export business may collapse, operators cry out
• NNPC recorded $471.9m export receipts in July
• How to remove holds on your bank account
• Nigeria’s electricity law near perfect – Fashola
• Buhari appoints new CBN deputy governor, MPC members
• Zoning: S’West PDP wants pact on national chair respected
• Rivers, APC clash over pro-SARS rally
• PFN backs restructuring, calls for equity, justice
• INEC to deploy 6,200 card readers for Anambra poll
• Appoint credible petroleum minister, Sani Shehu tells Buhari
• ICYMI: I’m working against Obiano for gov’s poor performance –Obi

(www.punchng.com)

Vanguard

• Kaduna Govt Recruits 1,000 Health Workers
• MFormer Iraqi President Talabani’s Body Arrives In Kurdistan
• Be Innovative In Tackling Nigeria’s Security Challenges, Abubakar Tasks Defence College
• Aiteo Group Appoints Global Group Chief Financial Officers
• Obiano’s Second Endorsement By Alex Ekwueme, An Upper Cut To PDP – Obigwe
• MSo What If Obi Is Godfather?
• Healthcare Finance: FG, Sokoto Govt’s Collaborative Model
• Catalan Parliament To Defy Spanish Ban On Independence Debate, Official Says
• Divisions Over May’s Future Burst Into Open With Plot To Topple Her
• Police Arraign Man For Alleged Breach Of Trust
• World Cup Qualifier: Odegbami Urges Nigerians To Support Super Eagles Against Zambia
• UK Reaffirms Commitment To Helping Nigeria Succeed In Fight Against Terror
• Burutu LG Chairman’s Impeachment Lacks Merit – Councillors
• USAID Lauds NGO For Supporting 4,000 Vulnerable Children
• Abia Attorney-Gen Donates To Prison Inmates
• Bayelsa Govt Uncovers N322m Pay Roll Fraud In LGs
• Governors Wike, Dickson Agree To Deepen Cooperation
• World Cup Qualifier: Odegbami urges Nigerians to support Super Eagles against Zambia

(www.vanguardngr.com)

Guardian

• $25 billion NNPC fraud is for Buhari’s re-election, PDP alleges
• Nigeria earns N362.43bn from crude oil export in July
• NCC says USPF on course for availability, accessibility & affordability services
• Troops intercept three Boko Haram terrorists at IDPs’ camp in Borno
• Kane sends lacklustre England to World Cup
• Nigeria: Cooperation ‘key’ to defeating Boko Haram
• We are recruiting 1,000 health workers, says Kaduna Health Commissioner
• TCN wheeled out 105,535.8 megawatts of electricity in September
• Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 0-magnitude quake hits off Japan coast, no tsunami warning
• Catalan police chief in court accused of sedition
• Argentina in peril as World Cup race goes to wire
• We will do our talking on pitch, says Leon Balogun
• Sport gets a chance at the economic roundtable
• Ambode, Udom battle for Nigerian Sports Award’s Governor of the Year plaque
• Lagos police boss wants to use golf to fight crime
• Gernot Rohr plans big surprise for Zambia
• CBN and financial inclusion growth speed
• Chike Okoli Foundation marks World Heart Day
• Elumelu Foundation to host 1,300 African Entrepreneurs from 54 countries
• Etihad appoints new Group CEO
• The thin line between electoral credibility and political stability in Kenya
• Ibadan chieftaincy moving from ancient to modern
• Nigeria’s unity and the conquest mentality
• South-West insists on producing national chairman of PDP
• Nigeria at 57: Facing challenges of constitutional issues
• INEC announces dates for Ekiti, Osun governorship elections, deploys 6,200 card readers for Anambra
• Copyright commission seeks collaboration against piracy
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• Zenith Bank planting seed of ICT knowledge in Nigeria – MD
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• NOTAP blocks N192bn ICT capital flight – DG‎
• Hollywood mogul Weinstein apologizes after sex harassment claims
• After Dylan’s Nobel, Academy seen making conventional pick
• Charly-Boy demands N500m damages from police for alleged rights violation
• Daughter of plane crash victim pens tribute to father 25 years after
• Davido and Wizkid Nominated For 2017 MTV Europe Music Award
• Complete recovery from AIDS

(www.guardian.ng)

The Sun

• Exclusive photos from the wedding of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris
• Nobel peace prize awarded to Anti-Nuclear group
• Quake measuring 6.3 magnitude strikes off eastern Japan
• 2019 presidency: Fayose on his own –Makarfi
• Buhari intimidating Nigerians –Southern, Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum
• FG plans $16bn deep seaports in Bonny, Warri
• INEC right on Melaye –Agbakoba, Olanipekun
• … Fixes July 14, Sept 22 for Ekiti, Osun governorship polls
• Nwodo, Obiano, Nwachukwu, others praise Anyaoku
• Dickson, Wike meet on regional integration
• Anambra guber: Group commends INEC, police preparedness
• Ahead PDP convention: Wike, Dickson in secret meeting
• Dickson sends LG caretaker c’ittee chairs nominees to Assembly
• Alleged rights violation: Patience Jonathan slams N2bn suit against EFCC
• Nobel peace prize awarded to Anti-Nuclear group
• Japan: Reporter’s death after 159 hours overtime prompts broadcaster apology
• S: Divide between two major political parties widening
• Anambra guber: 17 candidates present manifestoes
• Verbal attacks: You’re unfair to Orji Kalu, Obetta, ex-IPOB counsel tells group
• 2017: US most expensive homes
• How to create best house designs
• Buhari appoints new CBN deputy gov, MPC members
• Eagles: Udom promises more dollars
• Sports Awards: Moses battles Quadri
• Mega menace in megacity: Killer craters, gullies take over Lagos roads
• Obiano should be allowed to go for second term – Ekwueme
• Nigerian Independence Day Parade holds Saturday in New York
• People give testimonies whenever I play saxophone – Funmilayo Ajayi (Funmi Sax)
• Mega menace in megacity: Killer craters, gullies take over Lagos roads

(www.sunnewsonline.com)

ThisDay

• Senate: No Pending Foreign Loan Request
• President Taps Aishah Ahmad as CBN Deputy Governor Nominee
• British Writer, Ishiguro, Named Nobel Literature Laureate
• FG to Shut Down NERFUND over N17.5bn Bad Loans
• Adewole, Bayelsa Commissioner Call for Calm over Suspected Monkey Pox Outbreak
• Again, Patience Jonathan Drags EFCC to Court, Seeks N2bn Damages
• SERAP Asks Buhari to Suspend Baru over Kachikwu’s Letter
• Synagogue Building Collapse: Defendants File No case Submission
• NBS: In 47 Years, Nigeria Produced 32.70bn Barrels of Oil Valued at N118.49tn
• DSO: FG Commissions West Africa’s Largest Set Top Box Plant in Calabar
• Osinbajo: Nigerians Haven’t Shown Enough Outrage Against Corruption
• UNICEF Commends Military for Release of 752 Children and Women
• House Asks CBN to Halt Surcharge on Mutilated Banknotes
• Nigeria at 57: ANN Calls for Sober Reflection
• FG Needs $16bn to Fix Transport Sector, Says Apapa Gridlock Disappears December
• House Ad-hoc C’ttee on Political Agitations Unveils Work Plan
• Air Peace Workers Resist Unionisation as Labour Pickets Airline
• Ohanaeze: We Demand for Restructuring, Not Biafra
• NUT Calls for More Recruitment of Teachers
• Union Demands Abrogated Allowance
• Amosun Promises Promotion
• JAMB 120 Cut-off Mark Ridiculous, Says NUT
• Nestlé MILO Introduces a Ready-to-drink Nutrition Beverage
• Indian Firm to Open Generating Power Showroom in Lagos
• Akwa Ibom Gov Redeems Pledge to Eagles
• President Taps Aishah Ahmad as CBN Deputy Governor Nominee
• British Writer, Ishiguro, Named Nobel Literature Laureate
• FG to Shut Down NERFUND over N17.5bn Bad Loans
• Adewole, Bayelsa Commissioner Call for Calm over Suspected Monkey Pox Outbreak
• Again, Patience Jonathan Drags EFCC to Court, Seeks N2bn Damages
• SERAP Asks Buhari to Suspend Baru over Kachikwu’s Letter
• TEF to Host Third Annual Entrepreneurship Forum
• Unity Bank Partners Foundation
• Equities Market Gains N143bn as Bulls Extend Control
• NIMASA Remits N21.805bn to Federal Government Coffers

(www.thisdaylive.com)